How to Repair a Cheap, Battery-Powered LED Flashlight

Use this quick and easy method to make emergency repairs.

Fern Fischer

When the contacts break in a flashlight, make an emergency repair by completing the circuit with common copper wire.

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I keep busy with organic gardening and living green, including healthy cooking with garden goodies. I enjoy writing about all of these, but my special interest is quilting, vintage quilts and textiles and re...  View profile

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  • Kristie Leong M.D.9/23/2010

    It does make sense. The slideshow is great. :-)

  • Jeanne Baney9/22/2010

    Cool beans!

  • Tony Jingo9/9/2010

    makes perfect sense..now that I viewed your slideshow ;-) great stuff!

  • Paul Rance9/9/2010

    Had a go at fixing fused lights recently, and they had wire fuses which I'm not normally comfortable with, but felt such a hero for fixing 'em! You know your stuff.

  • Michele Starkey9/8/2010

    Fern, I'm back again - I can see the slideshows now :) Great job on this one, cheers :)

  • Linda Louise Johnson9/8/2010

    You're just a handy lady!

  • Hifive9/8/2010

    Your pictures explain it all quite well. I want one or two of those lights! Where can you get that particular flashlight?

  • Ellen Burford9/8/2010

    Great pics and instructions

  • R. K. LoBello9/8/2010

    This was very well done...nice work.

  • Vincent Summers9/8/2010

    Necessity is the mother of invention!

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